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Camp Randall

Date: 1862
Description: Camp Randall looking southwest. In April 1861, Governor Alexander Randall asked that the State Agricultural Society fairgrounds be converted into a militar...
Poster

Battle of Gettysburg Advertising Poster

Date: 1886
Description: Color lithographed color advertising poster showing a McCormick grain binder at the Civil War battle of Gettysburg. The poster was based on a cyclorama by ...
Poster

War Bonds Advertising Poster

Date: 1949
Description: Advertising poster for International trucks promoting United States government bonds. Features a color illustration of an International K-line truck pullin...
Postcard

Camp Randall Memorial Arch

Date: 1912
Description: Camp Randall Memorial Arch and Civil War cannons. The memorial was built to honor Wisconsin Civil War soldiers and is located on the University of Wisconsi...
Photograph

22nd Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers

Date: 09 22 1862
Description: The 22nd Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers under the command of Colonel William L. Utley, crossing the pontoon bridge at Cincinnati.
Photograph

Soldier's Monument

Date: 1884
Description: Proposed Soldier's Monument illustration (erected in 1884) printed on a certificate of membership to the Racine Soldiers Monument Association.
Postcard

Road through Camp Douglas

Date: 1905
Description: Unpaved road in downtown Camp Douglas. There is a bluff in the background on the right. Caption reads: "Camp Douglas, Wisconsin."
Postcard

St. John's Military Academy

Date: 1905
Description: View of St. John's Military Academy. Caption reads: "St. John's Military Academy, Delafield, Wis.".
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View Looking North Showing Elmore and Kelly's Elevator

Date: 1876
Description: Elevated view showing Elmore and Kelly's Elevator with a boat, train, and the buildings at Fort Howard. Fort Howard was incorporated into Green Bay. Captio...
Postcard

Old Fort Howard Hospital

Date: 1950
Description: Fort Howard Hospital. Within a year after the United States troops landed on the west bank of the Fox River in August, 1816. Dr. Beaumont lived in this hou...
Postcard

Soldiers' Monument

Date: 1910
Description: Soldiers' Monument in Library Park. Caption reads: "Soldiers' Monument, Kenosha, Wis."
Postcard

Civil War Monument

Date: 1909
Description: A Civil War Monument and fountain in Lancaster. Caption reads: "Fountain in Honor of the Boys in Blue, Lancaster, Wis."
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Grant County Soldier's Monument

Date: 1868
Description: Elevated view of the Grant County Soldier's Monument. A group of people are standing around the monument. A large building is in the background. Caption at...
Postcard

Waukesha Public Library

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Description: Exterior view of the Waukesha Public Library. There is a cannon on the lawn near a tree. Caption reads: "Public Library, Waukesha, Wis."
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Coast Guard Station

Date: 1900
Description: View of the coast guard station from the water with multiple sailors lined up near the shore. Caption reads: "Coast Guard Station, Sturgeon Bay, Door Count...
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Milton Log Cabin Behind the Milton House

Date: 1920
Description: A view of the cabin on the property of the Milton House, which was a part of the Underground Railroad prior to the abolition of slavery. The house was buil...
Poster

Battle of Gettysburg Advertising Poster

Date: 1886
Description: Lithographed advertising poster showing a McCormick grain binder at the Civil War battle of Gettysburg. The poster was based on a cyclorama by French artis...
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Map shewing [sic] the Several Routes Proposed for the Passage of Gun-Boats to the Lakes

Date: 1862
Description: Lithography of C. Van Benthuysen.
Drawing

Fox-Wisconsin Canal

Date: 1855
Description: Fox-Wisconsin portage and canal map, when the canal was not yet built. From a map in the office of the city clerk at Portage. "The old trail, the location ...
Photograph

Fort Winnebago

Date: 1831
Description: Fort Winnebago, a print published in Mrs. John H. Kinzie's Wau-bun (1856).

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